Story+1978-12-28+Pittsburgh,+PA

“I can’t sing when somebody’s biting my knee. . .”
 * 28.12.78 Pittsburgh, PA, middle of ´Spirit in the Night´**

“How many of you have ever been to Asbury Park? . . . This is for the girls from New York City. . . (?) . . .”
 * 28.12.78 Pittsburgh, PA, intro to ´Sandy´ **

“I grew up in this town called Freehold, New Jersey....in the 50´s and the early-60´s they used to have this big rug mill, everybody used to work there, I always remember my old man ....getting up six o’clock in the morning....go in the back, trying to get one of the junk cars started to make it to work....”
 * 28.12.78 Pittsburgh, PA, intro to ´Factory´**

“Are you guys ready to prove it all night ? (cheers)....”
 * 28.12.78 Pittsburgh, PA, intro to ´Prove It All Night´**

“Big Man. . . _____ _____ _____ (3 syllables). . . We’re gonna take a 20 minute break, and then we’re gonna come back and do another set for you (crowd cheers). . . We’ll see you in 20 minutes, okay? . . .”
 * 28.12.78 Pittsburgh, PA, after ´Jungleland´ **

“It was back in....´bout 1969....me and Steve....and Garry, we were working in this little club about a block off the beach in Asbury Park.....it was called the Student Prince....I remember one night we were sitting there, it was three o’clock in the morning....it was snowing outside.... we were feeling kind of low ´cause it was Christmas Eve.....and we had made this deal we said that we didn’t have no money so I, so I said. . . I wouldn’t get him a present if he didn’t get me a present....we said ´Nah, Steve I don’t believe in Santa Claus´....we were living in this place, 1610 6th Avenue....we were in the attic, we had two couches we slept on.....so we went home, climbed the stairs....saw the Christmas lights in everybody’s house, saw all the presents, saw all the Christmas trees....we didn’t even have no tree.....had no mistletoe, got no presents (?)....so....we went to sleep....that night we slept standing up with our guitars..... in case anybody came along, we’d be ready to sign.....anyway, it was about three in the morning, we heard this scratching up on the roof....we got up, we went to the window....and there was these two dudes trying to get in to steal our amplifiers and our guitars....we chase them away, went back to sleep....but about a half-hour later....we heard a noise again, we figured these guys’d come back (?) so we climbed up onto the roof...and sure enough there was somebody. . . hunkered down over by the chimney, I said ´Steve, them cats came back, man. . . you go that way, I go this way....get him, Steve! . . . Oh Shit! . . . we knocked out Santa Claus!....What are we gonna do now?, What’s he gonna do when he goes to your little sister’s house. . . Santa Claus. . . what if he wakes up and beats us to death with our Erector-set ? . . . Hey Santa! . . . you ok, man? . . . Ho!, Ho!, Ho!. . . (Santa: ‘Ho!, Ho!, Ho! Ho!) ”
 * 28.12.78 Pittsburgh, PA, intro to ´Santa Claus Is Coming to Town´ **

“I remember when I was small....my mother used to tell me that....if I said my prayers and went to bed that tomorrow everything would be alright....then one day you wake up....you find out you’ve been shot point blank....”
 * 28.12.78 Pittsburgh, PA, intro to ´Point Blank´**

“(humming & yearning). . . Come back bay-aby, come back. . . hmmm, tonight. . . _____ cry for you, come back baby, come back. . . My heart, she dies for you. . . We’ll t____ _____ _____ _____ _____. . . Am I’m runnin’ on, runnin’ on, runnin’ on high little girl, runnin’ on high little girl. . . (?) . . . (?) . . . down to the backstreets. ..
 * 28.12.78 Pittsburgh, PA, sung intro and middle of ´Backstreets´**

(…) Well, baby, I cried for you....little girl, I cried for you.....little girl, I cried for you....little girl, I cry for you....and I remember, I remember for you I swore that I’d drive all night.... back then I swore I’d drive all night....anytime anyplace....for you I swore I’d drive all night ....anytime anyplace....I’d drive all night just to buy you some shoes....just to check you out ....just to....just to bring you a Christmas present....through the wind....through the snow.... through the snow....through the rain....I swore....that I’d drive all night....and I remember you promised....you promised that you’d never leave without me....you promised that you’d never leave....you promised that you’d never leave.....but like everything else from back then..... like everything else in those days....you promised....and baby, you lied..... baby, you lied.... baby, you lied.....didn’t you?....you were so young and you could tell such pretty lies....you were so young and you could tell such pretty lies....(?)....I just wished that you’d come back ....I just wished that you’d come back.....(?)....”

“Wherever you are.....Rosie, come out tonight.....
 * 28.12.78 Pittsburgh, PA, intro to ´Rosalita´**

(....) On the piano, Professor Roy Bittan....on the guitar, Miami Steve Van Zandt....on the bass, Mr.Garry W. Tallent....on the drums, the Mighty Max Weinberg....on the organ, Mr. Dan Federici....and last but not least....king of the world.....the master of disaster....faster than a speeding locomotive....is it a bird?....is it a plane?....is it the Big Man?....on the saxophone, Clarence Clemons....”

“(?) I wanna say that the last two nights here you guys, and I’m not just saying this, I wanna say that you guys have been one of the best crowds we played to (?)....”
 * 28.12.78 Pittsburgh, PA, intro to ´Born to Run´**

“(?) . . . I just got one thing to say to you guys. . .”
 * 28.12.78 Pittsburgh, PA, intro to ´Rave On´ **

“Are you ready for the Tenth? (Crowd: ‘Yeah!’). . . Are you ready for the Tenth? (Crowd: ‘Yeah!’). . . Are you ready for the Tenth? (Crowd: ‘Yeah!’). . . Good. . .”
 * 28.12.78 Pittsburgh, PA, intro to ´Tenth Avenue Freeze Out´ **

“You guys ready now? (Crowd: ‘Yeah!’). . . Sure now? (Crowd: ‘Yeah!’). . . Are they? . . . A-1, A-2, A-1, 2, 3,. . . . . . (pause). . . . . . That’s all there is! . . . There ain’t, no more! . . . (band stops). . . Am I alive? (Crowd: ‘No!’). . . Am I. . . Am I dead? (Crowd: ‘No!’). . . (?) . . . Is this heaven? (Crowd: ‘Yeah!’). . . No, it’s. . . (Crowd: ‘Pittsburgh!'). . . That’s what I was _____. . . . . . (band stops). . . (?) . . . A-1, 2, 3. . . . . . (band stops). . . I’m just a prisoner. . . of ROCK AND ROLL! . . . Did you get it? (Crowd: ‘Yeah!’). . . Did you get it? (Crowd: ‘Yeah!’). . . Did you get it? (Crowd: ‘Yeah!’). . . Then, let’s get it ,,, A-1, 2, 3. . . . . . Thank you (?). . . Good night Pittsburgh! . . . (cuts at end)”
 * 28.12.78 Pittsburgh, PA, ALL of ´Quarter to Three´ **

//Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi & Roulette909//